Truss



(No Model.)

J. A. TIGNER.

TRUSS.

Patented Jan. 15, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. TIGNER, OF ROME, GEORGIA.

TRUSS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,180, dated January 15, 1889.

Application filed June 9,1888. Serial No. 276,571. (No model.)

T 0 aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. TIGNER, of Rome, in the county of Floyd and State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Truss, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of trusses in which there is a vertical spring carrying the abdominal and hernial pads, and a transverse spring to the ends of which the strap or band is secured; and the invention consists of the special construction of the truss, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate correspondil'ig parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of my improved truss. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same taken on line cc a; of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is the reverse of Fig. 1.

A represents an outwardly bowed or curved plate-spring to the lower end of which is secured the pad B, made of celluloid, hard rubber, wood, or other suitable material. At the upper end of this spring is secured the plate 0.

D represents an "inwardly bowed platespring, transversely secured to the spring A by the bolts a a. These bolts a a also hold a short spring, E,\vhich re-enforces the spring A.

The ends of the spring D are provided with the fastening devices or studs 1) b, to receive straps F, by which the truss may be secured to the body around the hips.

The pad B is to be placed against the rupture, while plate 0 rests against the abdomen, so as to prevent the pad from being raised or removed from the rupture, and it is held firmly by the plate C and springs without 40 slipping out of place or chafing. By the arrangement of the springs holding one pad resting against the abdomen and another on the rupture, all the pressure necessary to hold the rupture is obtained without the aid of straps around the limbs, thereby preventing chafing and all unpleasant movement of the pad and holding the rupture firmly no matter what position the wearer may assume.

This truss can be worn on either side without any change, and in case of double rupture it can be duplicated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A truss consisting in the vertically-ranging outwardly-bowed plate-spring A, having abdominal and hernial pads secured to its inner face at its upper and lower ends, respect ively, and a transverse plate and a spring secured to the first-named spring below its center and above the upper end of the lower pad curved inwardly and provided with strap-attaching devices at its ends, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the two outwardly-bowed plate-sprin gs A E, having upper an d lower securing-bolts, a a, and an abdominal and a hernial pad, of the transverse inwardlybowed spring B, held between. the said two Springs and their bolts below the centers of the springs but above the upper end of the lower pad, and provided at its ends with strapa-ttaching devices, substantially as set forth.

JAMES A. TIGNER.

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